Species Ophioplocus bispinosus H.L. Clark, 1918
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophioplocus bispinosus Clark, H.L. 1918. Brittle–stars, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 62(6): 265-338 pls 1-8 [337-338, pl. 4(2)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 4025, Philip Is., Westernport, VIC.
Paratype(s) MCZ 4054; MCZ 4211.
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Cape Paterson Vic, to West Is., SA, and to Bruny Is., Tas (TOH). Depth range 0-50 m
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1982. Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government 418-437-10 figs pl. 29(3-4). [433, fig. 10:16e-f] (as Ophioceres bispinosus)
Baker, A.N. & Devaney, D.M. 1981. New records of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including new species of Ophiacantha and Ophionereis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(4): 155-178, figs 1-98 [157-158, fig. 1-2, 4-5, 14-17] (as Ophioceres bispinosus)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [276] (as Ophioplocus bispinosus)
Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. [42, 71, pl. 3(1)] (as Ophioplocus bispinosus)
O'Hara, T.D. 1990. New records of Ophiuridae, Ophiacanthidae and Ophiocomidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(2): 287-305, 2 figs [293] (as Ophioplocus bispinosus)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Vail, L.L. 1982. The distributions of Tasmanian echinoderms in relation to southern Australian biogeographic provinces. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema pp. 219-225 fig. 1. [222] (as Ophioceres bispinosus)
Thomas, L.P. 1975. The systematic relationships of Ophioplocus, Ophioceramis and Ophioceres (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Bulletin of Marine Science 25(2): 232–247 figs 1–3 [241-242] (as Ophioplocus bispinosus)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |